World Science Festival mourns the passing of an intrepid and lyrical explorer of the mind: #Neurologist and #author Oliver Sacks, July 9, 1933-August 30, 2015. #OliverSacks was a great friend of the World Science Festival, joining our Board of Advisors when the Festival was just an idea and participating in numerous programs dating all the way back to our inaugural year. His vivid discussions of the #mind and #brain, in all their wondrous complexity and breathtaking capacity enthralled our live audiences, and we take comfort that the films of those events will continue to enthrall audiences for years to come. Visit worldsciencefestival.com for our tribute to him, and to watch our full length program with him from 2012 on the release of his book #Hallucinations. #RIP